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Elective Course Clusters
To assist students in selecting among the many elective offerings available after
the first year, we have separated the elective courses into curricular clusters.
The electives grouped within each of the clusters have common fundamental substantive
or conceptual elements. Nonetheless, many of the clusters include a wide range
of courses with a variety of substantive content and diverse instructional methods.
All faculty members are glad to provide advice on the selection and sequencing
of courses, and we encourage you to seek advice from individual professors or
the deans. For each cluster, we have listed names of some of the full-time faculty
members familiar with courses in the area.
When reviewing the clusters, note that the “basic courses” are
those which introduce fundamental concepts and provide background necessary
or extremely helpful to pursue advanced courses in the area. A student interested
in gaining some general familiarity with the subject area should consider taking
one or more of the basic courses, while a student intent on concentrating study
in that subject area is advised to take all of the basic courses.
The “additional courses” expand the basic concepts and offer advanced
study in somewhat more specialized parts of the subject area. The “related
courses” are relevant but generally less directly connected to the subject
area. They often provide additional background and/or show the relationship
of core concepts to subject areas more central to another cluster.
The line between “skills courses” and the other courses is sometimes
very fine. Many of the courses listed as basic, additional, or related include
a skills component and some even have a skills emphasis. The courses listed
as “skills courses” have a distinct application of lawyering skills
related to the practice of law in the cluster area. In fact, many of the skills
courses are clinical programs in which students represent actual clients in
cases involving the core subject matter.
Advocacy and Dispute Resolution
Constitutional Law and Government Regulation
Corporate and Commercial Law
Criminal Law and Procedure
Family Law and Estate Planning
Intellectual Property and
Technology Law
International and Comparative
Law
Labor and Employment Law
Property and Environmental Law
Public Interest Law
Taxation
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